Rail-joint.



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RAIL JOINT. APP LIGL TION P112310 HIKE 18, 1900.

PATBN'IED NOV. 6, 1906'.

anoewboz two track-rails, and 4 my im roved UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM AMOS KELLY, OF DUNMORE, WEST VIRGINIA.

' RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

Application filed June 18, 1906. Serial No- 322.326-

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM AMos KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dunmore, in the county ofPocahontas and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints;-

and I do declare the following to be a full,

' clear, and exact description of the invention,

' simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensive joint or fastening of this character which will dispense with the use of fish-plates and bolts and which will hold the track-rails firmly and securely in position.

The above and other objects, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, are accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a top plan view, with parts in section, of the meeting ends of two rails, showing them secured together in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a erspective view of one end of one of the track-rails, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the chairs or fastening devices.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes a cross-tie, 2 3 the abuttin ends of fastening devices or chairs. Each 0 the track-rails has its ends cut away or recessed upon one side, so as to provide a projecting portion 5, havin a flat vertical inner side, at the inner end 0 which is a shoulder 6. Upon the cutaway sides of the track-rails are provided longitudinally-extending lugs 7, which are preferably formed by integral enlargements upon the web portions of the rails. This lug or tongue 7 projects beyond the adjacent shoulder 6 and is adapted to receive between its inner face and the inner face of the extended end portion 5 of the rail the corresponding portion 5 upon the next adjacent rail. In the extended end portion 5 are formed transversely-alining openingsor apertures 8, which are adapted to receive proj ections 9, formed upon the chairs or fastening devices 4. One of these chairs 4 is preferably provided upon each side of the joint and is spiked upon the cross-tie 1 by spikes driven through apertures 10, formed in its tapered outer portion. Its inner end .11 is sha ed to fit the web portion and base-flange of t e track-rail, as shown. It will be noted that these chairs not only fasten the trackrails firmly upon the cross-ties at the joint, but also secure them together, the projections 9 taking the place of bolts and the portion 6 and the tongues or rojections 7 taking the place of the usual sh-plates. of simple and durable construction and may be produced at a comparatively small cost.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rail-joint comprising track-rails having their abutting ends recessed and overlapping and formed with transverse alining openings, and chairs for securing said track-rails together and upon a base, said chairs having projections to enter the openings in said track-rails.

2. A rail-joint comprising track-rails having their abutting ends recessed and overlapping and formed with transverse alining o enings, tongues or projections upon each 0 said track-rails to engage the end of the other, and chairs for securing said track-rails together .and upon a base, said chairs having pro ections to enter the openings in said track-rails.

3. A rail-joint comprising rail-sections having their abutting ends recessed and overlapping and formed with transverse alining openings, an inte ral lug or projection upon the web portion 0 each of said rails to engage the end of the abutting rail, and chairs disposed upon opposite sides of the joint and having their inner ends shaped to engage the track-rails and formedwith projections to enteri'1 the transverse alining openings in said ra The joint is I0 transverse alining openings in said rails, and

means for fastening said chairs upon a crosstie.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witn'esses.

WILLIAM AMOS KELLY.

Witnesses:

C. E. PRITCHARD, O. W. RIDER. 

